Editor-in-Chief Jesse Naiman has written another article puslished on National Review Online. This article concerns efforts to erase a $4.2 billion deficit in Virginia and sheds light on those who question whether deferring payments to public employee retirement systems is a legitimate tactic to balance a budget. The article goes on: When Virginia’s fiscal year [...]

Westfield State College, located here in Massachusetts, has lifted its unconstitutional speech code thanks to the hard work of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). FIRE designated Westfield State College’s speech code its “February Speech Code of the Month,” which The Observer reported on here. Peter Bonilla of FIRE congratulated Westfield State College [...]

The Boston College Law School is hard at work preparing for the search for a new dean as it bids farewell to current dean John Garvey. According to the Law School’s Communications Director Nate Kenyon, “an interim dean will be appointed sometime this summer.” Moreover, “a search committee will be formed under the direction of [...]

A diverse collegiate environment consists of students, faculty, staff, and administrators of various backgrounds, experiences, beliefs, and worldviews. We at The Observer believe that a diverse community in this regard is ideal. True diversity exists when people of various backgrounds, experiences, beliefs, and worldviews intermingle and offer each other new perspectives on the world. We [...]

As passionate as Sports Editor Kaitlin McKinley is about sports, she is also dedicated to fighting cancer and advocating for cancer victims in any way that she can. Her relentless efforts to help those inflicted with this horrible disease has led her to not only be an active participant in BC’s annual Relay for Life, [...]

Editor-in-Chief Jesse Naiman has been profiled on CampusReform.org today. Campus Reform, a subsidiary of the Leadership Institute, is an organization dedicated to providing resources for conservative activists on college campuses. The profile details both Jesse’s work and more importantly that of The Observer. It goes on: “One in particular, Jesse Naiman, is a rising senior [...]

Jesse Naiman reports that BC Law School dean John Garvey will become Catholic University of America’s (CUA) 15th president. The report continues as follows: “Garvey replaces Most Rev. David M. O’Connell, who led CUA for twelve years. (Reverend O’Connell is leaving to serve as coadjutor bishop for the Archdiocese of Trenton.) “Most Rev. Allen H. [...]

The Observer will run a series of blog posts detailing the summer activities of its editors. Former news editor Megan Rauch will be the executive editor in the spring semester when she returns from Germany. Megan is working for the Boston affiliate of PBS this summer. Meg’s work highlights her passion for helping her community [...]

On National Review Online, Jesse Naiman explores the possibility of North Korean soccer player defections, and finds out that such a feat is impossible.

The Institute on Political Journalism has named Observer editor-in-chief Jesse Naiman the 2010 Robert Novak Collegiate Journalism Award Runner-Up! Selected second out of over 225 entires, the three stories Jesse submitted were three of the most significant investigative reporting stories we published this year: Tallying a BC-employed lobbyist’s donations to Democratic candidates; Revealing how a [...]